Mommy Weight

[Blind Gossip] There is a bit of a frightening weight competition happening on the set of this network TV series.

The actress who plays one of the mothers on the show is very thin. The actresses who play the daughters on the show are always comparing their weight to hers.

The kids all started out at a normal weight, but as time went by, they became very self-conscious about the fact that as teenagers they weighed more than “mom.” Two of them started restricting their food intake because they were embarrassed about it.

[One of them] eventually gave up and now she weighs about twenty pounds more than “mom.” [The other one] is still restricting and is happy that she now weighs less than “mom.” She looks horribly thin in person. The producers may have to step in because it’s starting to look like an eating disorder.

Roseanne is a grandmother now. Her daughters are adults. Granddaughter Harris (Emma Kenney) looks fine for the two months they were filming last fall (wrapped before xmas/Emma turning 18). If anything, Emma would be comparing to her “big sister” on Shameless, Emmy Rossum. The other granddaughter Mary (Jayden) is like 8-9yo.

Don’t know who it is, but shame on “mom” for encouraging that mess. I get it, she’s a show mom, but still you have a duty to the younger people to keep them from killing themselves through starvation, stop telling kids your weight. Not everyone is suppose to be tiny. Producers should have nipped it long ago.

I wouldn’t assume the “mom” is encouraging it all. It doesn’t even say she’s aware it’s happening in the BI. The kids could be getting that info a million different ways, via the stylists, production team, guessing or just innocently asking the “mom” in a joking manner”.

Where did it say that she was telling people her weight? She’s skinny (whether its healthy or not) and kids, specially teenage girls, will take notice. Julie Bowen should only have to gain weight cause it’s what she/her doctor wants not because her actor daughters might compare themselves to her.